Llanfachreth, Anglesey

Description
Llanfachreth, a village and a parish in Anglesey. The village stands on the river Alaw, near Holyhead Bay, 3 miles N of Valley station on the L. & N.W.R., and 4 E of Holyhead, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Valley (R.S.O.) The parish comprises 1556 acres, with 57 of adjacent tidal water and 680 of foreshore; population of the civil parish, 450 ; of the ecclesiastical, 1074. Much of the land is under cultivation. The living is a rectory, united with the perpetual curacies of Llanynghenedl and Llanfigael, in the diocese of Bangor; net value, £283 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St Macreth, and was rebuilt in 1878. There are Baptist, Congregational, and Calvinistic Methodist chapels.